The Brutalist Report

ArsTechnica

• Bird flu reaches cows in California, the country’s largest milk producer [133d]
• TV viewers get screwed again as Disney channels are blacked out on DirecTV [134d]
• Metal bats have pluses for young players, but in the end it comes down to skill [134d]
• Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics [134d]
• Rust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense” [134d]
• Intel Core Ultra 200V promises Arm-beating battery life without compatibility issues [134d]
• Natural piezoelectric effect may build gold deposits [134d]
• Sony is shutting down Concord, refunding players after just two weeks [134d]
• Cops’ favorite face image search engine fined $33M for privacy violation [134d]
• YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel [134d]
• Hyundai updates Ioniq 5 with bigger battery, Tesla-style port [134d]
• Starlink tells Brazil it won’t block X until government unfreezes its assets [134d]
• Bugs, performance issues hinder Huawei’s AI chips [134d]
• The good and bad about the 2025 Volvo EX90, the company’s new electric SUV [134d]